The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-03-03
NEW TELEGRAPH INE.
A Project to FurHIsh Canton With an
Overland Line,
ConneoiIeE Cleveland, AkrODs Canton
MAssiIlon, and Other Interior cities
"details OF the Scheme Pro-
posed.

Some weeks ago Mr.. j. d. Simmons,
Manager of the Cleveland District Of
the United Lines Telegraph Company,
was in tia city prospecting among a
number of leading business men and
manufacturers, to ascertain what pat
rOnAge could be secured for an overland
line Of the United Lines Telegraph
Company from Cleveland through Akron
to Canton The project Is fully ex-
planned In the following article, which
appeared In the Akron Beacon Tuesday:
Akron will ShOrtly have other tele'
graphic communication with the out
side world than that furnished by the
Western Union. Two other lines are
knocking for admission to Akron: the
Baltimore & Ohio and the United Lines.
At a meeting Of number OF members
Of the Uuion Business Mems GLIB at the
club house last evening, the matter was
talked over and the B. & o. proposition
to bring line from
CLEVELAND TO AKRON AND CANTON
Was referred to the Committee on New
Enterprises. OF that committee, N. B.
Williams, Ira Miller and G. 8. CObbs
met at the Club this morning to confer
with g. r. Stumm, superintendent OF
the B. & o. telegraph at Cleveland In
the absence Of ]. A. Long, another MEM
ber of the committee, d. L. King repre-
sented him at the conference. :.
The deslOn, as Mr.. Stumm unf0lded 1t
is to build line from Cleveland to
Akron and Canton, probably outside the
Valley railways telegraph wires along
right Of way which the b q U. mas Sc
cured or will secure. Akron is asked to
advance about SO 600 for the building
Of the line, this advance subscription to
be paid back to the Subscribers In tele.
graphing. Canton business men Will
have substantially the same proposition
maze to them, but Akron's offer is not
contingent on CantOn's aoti0n-the b
& o. will come to Akron anyhow. As for
rates Mr.. Stumm's proposition is Ger
tainIy favorable enough. The day rate
| to New York, Chicago, Boston, Ph1ladel'
phia and cities within, the same range
will be
TWENTY CENTS FOR TEN WORDS,
And ten cents for each additional ten
words or fraction thereof. On night
messages the rates are just ono hall
these: and there is new wrinkle on
night messages, viz: For twenty seven
cents, twenty five cents fer the message
and two cents for the stamp, fifty WORD
night message can be sent to New York
or any other point to which the tariff
are the same, and the receiving Office
will mail the message 80 that 1t will bt
delivered In the first mail OF the mex
morning. OF course messenger servict
Is saved In such q case, hence tht
low rate. The Western Union rate Il
New York from Akron is forty cents f0l
ten words, day rate, and One.h8lt ratt
| for night messages The B. & 0. day rRtt
will be seen to be Just One.halt this.
The 5000 which Akron ls asked Il
advance, is to be taken, 80 1t Is proposed
BY those who favor the scheme, In small
lsums 30 as to make 1t emphaticRlly
popular business m ms subscription
But OF course 1t will be raised In thI
way that appears easiest. MIR. Stumn
will re! 20 Akron In q few days an(
another meeting Of thu committee viii
be held after Mr.. Longs return wheI
final action will be taken. 1t may b
said, however, Just now, that the 1nd1
cations are that an arrangement
WILL BE CONCLUDED
| As that seems, all things considered, tn
most advantageous thing for Akron Il
do.
After many who were at the Club las
evening had gone away, Mr.. Simmons
lCleveland manager Of the United Lines
came to the Club and told what his com
psny proposed to do In furtheranCe OF
scheme to enter Akron, Canton and Mas
sillon. He said that his company woult
issue $4,000 bonds to pay the cost Q
constructing q line from Cleveland Il
the three places named. They aske'
Akron to take
So 500 OR $4,000 OF THESE BONDS,
On VIII ch per cent. interest wo1lt
be paid, either In telegraph seTVic
to the holders or In cash-the bond
to be redeemable In from one to tel
Years at the option of the company
The rates were much the same as thOs
loffsl ed by the B. & 0. Mr.. Simmons wa
not present at the committee meeting
this morning, but will further press hi
proposition upon the attention Of 1t
members. But the important fact sbOu
the whole matter is that within thre
months Akron will have two telegram
lines and as c0nse Quence lower taritf'